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Méi Zhàn Oolong
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Rock Tea (Yan Cha)
Méi Zhàn Oolong梅占乌龙
méi zhàn wūlóng
- Origin
- China, Fújiàn Province (福建, Fújiàn)
- Tea type
- Oolong Tea
- Gongfu water temperature
- 92 °C
- Western water temperature
- 88 °C
SKU · MEI-ZHAN-WULONG-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Fújiàn Province (福建, Fújiàn)
- Tea type
- Rock Tea (Yan Cha)
- SKU
- MEI-ZHAN-WULONG-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 92°C, 6 g / 100 ml, 10s, 8 steeps
- Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Gongfu water temperature
- 92 °C
- Tea amount
- 6 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
- Tea-to-water ratio
- 10 s
- Gongfu steep increment
- 5 s
- Gongfu maximum infusions
- 8
Origin
- Tea type
- Oolong
- Climate
- Average annual ~18°C, relative humidity >80%, frequent fogs, diffused light.
- Soil
- Products of volcanic rock weathering — rich in iron, manganese, zinc. pH 4.5–5.5.
- Topography
- Красный кварцевый песчаник данься (丹霞, Dānxiá), межскальные долины и ущелья (坑涧, kēngjiàn). Кусты растут в расщелинах скал и узких горных распадках.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Semi-spherical pellets, green with brownish inclusions. Larger and coarser than Tieguanyin, due to larger leaf and long internodes.
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Fresh plum meihua, orchid, peach, light floral honey. Without minerality and smokiness — clean, «sunny» character.
- Liquor Aroma
- Clear floral-fruity — peach, apricot, acacia honey. Plum note — light, not dark.
- Liquor Color
- Light yellow, golden-green, clear.
- Spent Leaves
- Whole green leaves with light reddish edge.
- Taste
- Soft, sweetish, floral-fruity. Medium body. Light piquancy. Aftertaste — fresh, floral, without mineral heaviness.
Details
- Cultivar
- Méi Zhǎn (梅占) — *Camellia sinensis* var. *sinensis*. Asexual (无性系, wúxìngxì) variety, small tree (小乔木, xiǎo qiáomù) with upright trunk. Medium-leaf...
- Pluck Standard
- Bud + 2–3 upper leaves. For oolongs, tender picking with light withering is recommended (嫩采, 重晒, 轻摇, nèn cǎi, zhòng shài, qīng yáo). Spring picking — most va...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — ~4.4% (above average — pronounced stimulating activity). Theobromine and theophylline — in trace amounts.
- Amino Acids
- ~3.6% of dry mass. L-theanine — main component; responsible for sweetness and relaxing effect.
- Minerals
- Potassium, fluorine, magnesium, manganese, zinc. In Wuyishan version — increased iron content due to red sandstone.
- Vitamins
- C, B group (B₁, B₂), E, K.
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